Manganese Ore Processing
The problem involved in Manganese Ore Processing deals with the production of acceptable specification grades of manganese concentrates at a maximum recovery of the total manganese from ores having variable characteristics. The flowsheet provides for both gravity and flotation with a maximum recovery of the manganese values in a coarse size in the most economical […]
Oxide Lead Treatment & Extraction by Flotation & Gravity Methods
The problem of treating oxidized lead ores and many other oxides is complex due to the nature of the ore and to the soft, sliming characteristics of the lead oxides. These ores are usually of a sticky nature, being high in primary slimes, and are difficult to handle and feed. The lead carbonate as cerussite […]
How to Operate a Thickener
Running a thickener properly isn’t as easy as it looks. True enough, a thickener doesn’t make a racket like a ball mill, or spew out froth like a flotation machine, or bounce up and down like a jig, but down inside that big tank there is a lot going on just the same. You, as […]
How to Operate a Grinding Circuit
How hard a ball mill operator has to work depends partly on himself, and partly on the kind of muck the mine sends over to the mill. In some plants, the ore may change two or three times a shift, and a ball mill operator has to keep on his toes. That’s why it would […]
How to Operate a Flotation Circuit
The main idea in collecting the information you’ll find in the following discussion was to help you, as a flotation machine operator. Regardless of how much or how little you know about it, the ideas you’ll find here can help you do a better job, if you want them to. Naturally your company is anxious to […]
Galena – Sphalerite Flotation & Separation Method
The problem of treating oxidized lead-zinc ores for the production of high-grade lead zinc flotation concentrates is a complex problem due to the nature of the ores and to the soft sliming characteristics of the lead and zinc minerals. The ore for treatment is a lead-zinc carbonate ore in a mixed siliceous-lime carbonate gangue. The association of […]
Ball Mill & Rod Mill Design
In all ore dressing and milling processes, including flotation, cyanidation, gravity concentration, and amalgamation, it is necessary to crush and grind, often with rob mill & ball mills, the ore in order to liberate the minerals. In the chemical and process industries, grinding is an important step in preparing raw materials for subsequent treatment. In present day […]
Slurry Agitator Mixer & Flotation Conditioner
Any Air-lift Agitator is readily convertible from one to another of three general types. Center Air-lift, Side Air-lift or combined Side and Center Air-lift. Each type has its own advantages and application. No matter which type of Air-lift Agitator you have, it is the basis for any of the three general types, for each type […]
Mining Business Plan
The following document outlines a mining business proposal to design and construct a free standing toll plant facility, known in this document as Peru Toll Treatment (PTT), in southern Peru to accommodate the needs of a growing quantity of small scale miners who produce up to 14 percent of the country’s annual gold production. The […]
Gold Leaching Equipment, Circuits & Process Plants
In Leaching for Gold, there is often a tendency to overlook or minimize the importance of the small mine. The small mine of today may develop into the large mine of tomorrow. Under proper management and financing it has as good a chance of yielding a profit as the larger property. Unfortunately large capital is […]